Tufail
Mohammad (1914 – 7 August 1958) was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab and
commissioned in the 16th Punjab Regiment in 1943. On 7 August 1958,
Mohammad, a Company Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, encircled an
Indian post, which allegedly violated the internationally recognized
boundary between the two countries, in the Lakshmipur area. Though mortally
wounded in the hand-to-hand encounter that followed, Mohammed continued to
lead his troops until the Indians were driven out, leaving four dead and
three prisoners. He died the same day.
He was commissioned into the 16th Punjab Regiment in 1943. In August 1958,
Major Tufail Muhammad, a Company Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, and
his patrol encircled an Indian post in the Lakshmirpur area. And, though
mortally wounded in the hand-to-hand encounter that followed, Major Tufail
Muhammad continued to lead his troops till the Indians were driven out,
leaving four dead and three prisoners. He embraced martyrdom the same day
i.e, 7 August 1958.
Mohammad was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest
military award and is the only person to win the award for an action outside
the Indo-Pakistan Wars.
Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider نشان حیدر in Pakistan
Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948), 6/8 Punjab
Major Muhammad Tufail Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958), 1 Battlion East Pakistan Rifles
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (1928–September 10, 1965), 17 Punjab
Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971), 4 FF
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951–August 20, 1971), PAF Training Squadron
Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943–December 6, 1971), 6 FF
Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949–December 10, 1971), 20 Lancers
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944–December 17, 1971), 15 Punjab
Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970–July 5, 1999), 12 NLI
Havaildar Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967–July 7, 1999), 12 NLI.
Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed (25 April 1922 ,26th April 1948) . He was awarded Hilal-e-Kashmir, by the government of Azad Kashmir in the 1948 War. This award has since been made the equivalent of the Nishan-e-Haider and is considered as one.